please give big hilit and important of CA District Junior College Law and The Origin of California’s Community Colleges COMMUNITY COLLEGE HISTORICAL
The Comprehensive Junior College
-In the early 1920s, the American Association of Junior Colleges developed an official definition of a junior college: “the JC may, and is likely to, develop a different type of curriculum, suited to the larger and ever changing civic, social and vocational needs of the community in which the college is located.”
-Early arguments from the elitists-”Terminal vs Vocational” or “Elitists vs Populists” possible activity. Break up the class into two groups. They must make position statements and provide proof why JC should focus on one instead of the other. use critical lens to present on a selected time period and discuss major historical events that impacted the mission, functions, organization, and operations of community colleges. Students should highlight federal or state legislation, policies, and/or practices that shaped community colleges during the selected time period. The provided time periods follow Witt et al.’s America’s Community Colleges: The First Century book. Note that students are not expected to provide a summary of the readings but instead underscore major historical events that shaped the community college system historically and contemporarily. The workshop/facilitation should incorporate multiple pedagogical modalities that facilitate active learning and engagement. use the time of 1892-1929

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